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<blockquote data-quote="TXshooter" data-source="post: 974679" data-attributes="member: 48048"><p>I used to think cleaning should be done every 20 rounds or so no matter how long the gun sits between shots wether it be an hour or a year. I have since come to believe that I can take a gun and shoot it one time or a 30 times in a sitting and it doesn't matter but I had better clean it before it goes in the gun safe. I have a custom 338 Norma that shoots one hole with a nightforce scope on it and I started noticing using the old cleaning method of wait till I put 20 rounds through it that my gun would slowing creep off zero. So a couple scopes and a 100 questions later I was told that I need to clean my barrel every time I'm done shooting that rifle and plan on putting up no matter how many shots I put through it. So I tried it and no more loosing zero issues. I do want to add that there are several rifles that I own that I've had for years that are hunting rifles and before I got into shooting long range were lucky to be cleaned once a year and those have never lost zero. So no I don't think it affects all rifles but I've got one that it did. So now I clean any time I'm done shooting even if I only shot once</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TXshooter, post: 974679, member: 48048"] I used to think cleaning should be done every 20 rounds or so no matter how long the gun sits between shots wether it be an hour or a year. I have since come to believe that I can take a gun and shoot it one time or a 30 times in a sitting and it doesn't matter but I had better clean it before it goes in the gun safe. I have a custom 338 Norma that shoots one hole with a nightforce scope on it and I started noticing using the old cleaning method of wait till I put 20 rounds through it that my gun would slowing creep off zero. So a couple scopes and a 100 questions later I was told that I need to clean my barrel every time I'm done shooting that rifle and plan on putting up no matter how many shots I put through it. So I tried it and no more loosing zero issues. I do want to add that there are several rifles that I own that I've had for years that are hunting rifles and before I got into shooting long range were lucky to be cleaned once a year and those have never lost zero. So no I don't think it affects all rifles but I've got one that it did. So now I clean any time I'm done shooting even if I only shot once [/QUOTE]
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